twatũire

v.

1. we were, lived. We were. First person plural past tense form meaning 'we were' or 'we lived'; describes a past state of being or condition.

Example: Ũguo no taguo o na ithuĩ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa twarĩ ciana, twatũire tuohanĩtio na maũndũ marĩa ma ndũire ma gũkũ thĩ: (3:23 / 4:9; Col 2:20. In the same way we also, when we were not of age, were enslaved to the elemental powers of the world. The elemental powers of the world : while the term can refer to the “elements” like earth, air, fire, and water or to elementary forms of religion, the sense here is more likely that of celestial beings that were thought in pagan circles to control the world; cf. Gal 4:8; Col 2:8, 20.); Na rĩu, Awa, ngoocithia niĩ, twĩ hamwe nawe mwene, na riri ũrĩa twatũire naguo hamwe nawe tene thĩ ĩtaanagĩa. (Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began. 1:1, 2; 12:28; Phil 2:6, 9–11.)